North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension Records1955-2002

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Call number

UA 140.052

The Wood Products Extension Records contain documents pertaining to the wood manufacturing industry primarily in North Carolina. The collection includes information relating to seminars and symposia, manuals, correspondence, papers presented at various wood industry workshops, publications, course outlines, and a Wood and Paper Science dissertation. The material primarily dates from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Wood Products Extension at North Carolina State University is a part of the Cooperative Extension Service, College of Natural Resources, Department of Wood and Paper Science. Wood Products Extension was created in 1958, when the Extension Forestry Department split into two sections, Extension Forest Management and Wood Products Extension.

Biographical/historical note

Wood Products Extension was originally part of the Agricultural Extension Service under the Smith-Lever Act (1914 May 8). This act provided for agricultural extension work by agricultural colleges across the country. It also produced a system of county farm agents that were stationed at land-grant colleges. In 1958, the Extension Forestry Department split into two sections, creating the Extension Forest Management and the Wood Products Extension. Today, the Wood Products Extension at North Carolina State University is a part of the Cooperative Extension Service, College of Natural Resources, and Department of Wood and Paper Science.

Scope/content

The Wood Products Extension Records contain documents that pertain to the wood industry in North Carolina and in other states. There are many manuals that contain information about equipment and procedures used in wood production. The majority of the papers in the collection come from various workshops that were held at North Carolina State University and other land-grant universities. These papers address the numerous aspects and concerns of the wood industry in the United States, particularly in North Carolina. There are also publications issued by state and federal departments of forestry. Much of the material documents the work of extension specialists, William T. Huxster, William E.Keppler, and Donald E. Nelson. The bulk of the documents come in the form of papers, worksheets, data sheets, and course outlines.

This collection was formerly numbered MC 315 and UA 140.050.

Physical description

2 archival boxes

Arrangement

The Wood Products Extension Records, having no original order, is now comprised of six series: Historical Information, General Records, Publicity, Papers, Education, and Publications. Within series or subseries, the material is primarily arranged in chronological order.

Use of these materials

The nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension Records, UA 140.052,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

This series contains documents on the history of the Wood Products Extension at North Carolina State University. The series includes information on William E. Keppler, the head of the Wood Products Extension section and has documents that relate to his work with the Extension service.

This series contains letters, memoranda, and papers that were generated by specialists, namely William Keppler, Donald Nelson and Nancy Keppler, William Keppler's wife, after her husband's death. There are also two papers that were originally attached to one of the letters in this series. The letters are arranged chronologically.

1 folder

General Records 1969-1976

Box 1, Folder 3

Publicity 1955-2002(UA 140.052 Series 3)

This series contains brochures advertising various courses, video courses, seminars, and symposia in the wood industry offered by North Carolina State University.

1 folder

Seminars and Symposia 1986-1996

Box 1, Folder 4

Brochures 1955-1979

Box 3, Folder 2

Brochures 1980-1988

Box 3, Folder 3

Brochures 1990-1999

Box 3, Folder 4

Brochures 2000-2002

Box 3, Folder 5

Brochures undated

Box 3, Folder 6

Papers (UA 140.052 Series 4)

This series contains, for the most part, papers from various seminars in the late 1960s. The first folder, Rough Mill Yield and Operations Seminar, contains the various speakers' papers from this seminar, which was hosted by North Carolina State University on December 1, 1966. The second folder contains papers that relate to the Hardwood Dimension Stock Yield Optimization Workshop. The third folder contains miscellaneous papers that were presented at various workshops or that were on file.

This series deals primarily with the Wood Products Extension Specialist Training School. Most of the documents date from either 1961 or 1962. The series consist of worksheets, answer sheets, course outlines, data sheets, and handouts. While the Workshop for Maximum Hardwood Yield in the Rough Mill has nothing to do with the specialist school, the records contain documents relating to the workshop, like itineraries, a program for the two-day workshop, a report, and a registrant list. This workshop, which was similar to the previous workshops held in North Carolina and New Hampshire, was held in Jamestown, N.Y., 1967 May 24 - 25, and was in association with New York State College of Foresty, Forest Products and the Manufacturers Association of Jamestown. The Slide Index contains a master index of 35 mm slide sets developed by the Wood Products Extension.

5 folders

Specialist Training School

Box 1, Folder 8

Worksheets

Box 1, Folder 9

Exercises

Box 1, Folder 10

Workshop for Maximum Hardwood Yield in the Rough Mill

Box 1

Slide Index

Box 1, Folder 12

Publications (UA 140.052 Series 6)

This series, the largest in this collection, contains reports, newsletters, books, and manuals. Reports contains miscellaneous reports of the Wood Products Extension in North Carolina and other states. The second folder, Pamphlets, contains a collection of pamphlets from seminars, workshops, and other miscellaneous educational information. The Activity Reports were produced by Extension Forest Resources, and date from 1981 to 1999. Following that, the next set of folders pertain to the Forum Newsletter, which was put out by the Extension Forest Products Utilization and Marketing and date from 1968 to 1979. The Extension Service Update Newsletter covers 1988 to 1993. The Extension Service, Natural Resources and Rural Development, ultimately a division of the United States Department of Agriculture, published these Wood Products Extension publications. There are also books and manuals included in this series. Most of the manuals are 'how-to' books.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension Records, UA 140.052,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.